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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Medical Board is investigating reports that inmates at a county jail were prescribed the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin to combat COVID-19 even though it hasn't been approved to treat the coronavirus.
"They used us as an experiment," one inmate told CBS News. "Just because we wear stripes and we make a few mistakes in life, doesn't make us less of a human."
An Arkansas physician is currently under investigation for prescribing the parasite drug to Washington County jail inmates who have been infected with the coronavirus. Despite the FDA and the CDC warning against the use of the drug, the medical practitioner defended his decision by saying none of the 531 cases in the jail have died.
The Arkansas Medical Board has officially opened a case investigating a doctor prescribing the anti-parasite drug Ivermectin to Washington County Jail inmates.
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